wean
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English [edit]
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Etymology 1 [edit]
Old English wenian.
Verb [edit]
wean (third-person singular simple present weans, present participle weaning, simple past and past participle weaned)
- (transitive) To cease giving milk to an offspring.
- The cow has weaned her calf.
- (transitive) To quit from something to which one is addicted or habituated.
- He managed to wean himself off heroin.
- (intransitive) To cease to depend on the mother for nourishment.
- The kittens are finally weaning.
- (intransitive) To cease to depend.
- She is weaning from her addiction to tobacco.
Translations [edit]
to cease giving milk
to cease to depend on the mother for nourishment
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to cease to depend
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Etymology 2 [edit]
Noun [edit]
wean (plural weans)
- (Scotland) A small child.
- 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, p. 92:
- Pigs, cows and sheep and wee ducks, that was what he bought and it was just for weans and wee lasses. I said it to my maw.
- Oh it is not weans it is children. Oh Kieron, it is children and girls, do not say weans and lasses.
- Elizabeth Browning
- I, being but a yearling wean.
- 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, p. 92:
Anagrams [edit]
Old English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /wæːɑn/
Noun [edit]
wēan
Scots [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: [wen], ['wɪən]
Noun [edit]
wean (plural weans)
- young child
